Tropicals & Tender Perennials: Need help with my ylang ylang, 0 by astcgirl

astcgirl wrote:
Hi Everyone.....last year I purchased a ylang ylang from the USF sale, I thought I'd hit the lotto since it only cost $35 and was quite large....I replanted it (maybe too larger pot?) and it seems to have been loosing lots of it's leaves very slowly, I figured this was normal during the winter but now it's spring/summer and it's not really putting on much more growth. Looking at the top I'm wondering if that is why it was so cheap....it looks like it was bent over and it can't grow? Should I chop it off at the top?
Any suggestions on how to get it happy I would really appreciate it. I cannot plant it in the ground as it is 9b here and will probably freeze, plus I don't have the room for such a huge tree just yet.

Here's what it looked like when I purchased it.